son's suicideMumbai, Jan 15 (PTI) The Bombay High Court today directedthe Thane police to submit its reply to a petition filed by awoman alleging that her 22-year-old son committed suicide dueto harassment by the police last year.
A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai directed that asenior officer from the Thane police department file the replyby January 17, responding to the allegations made in thepetition.
The plea was filed by Pushpa Jagtap, a resident of Thanedistrict near here.
In her petition, Jagtap claimed that her son Mitesh wasarrested by officials of Titwala police station in Thanedistrict on August 21, 2017, on the charge of stealing amotorcycle.
The petitioner claimed that the police beat her son inthe custody and abused him even though he was innocent.
She said some police officials refused to return herson's mobile phone when he was released from their custody onAugust 22.
"They (police officials) threatened to incriminate himin other cases and asked us for money in return for the phone.
When my son told them he didn't want his phone back since wehad no money to give, they threatened they would ensure that Iwas publicly shamed," Jagtap said in her plea.
"My son couldn't bear this humiliation and constantharassment at the hands of the police and hanged himself inthe house on August 23," she said.
Jagtap demanded that the police officials concerned bebooked on the charge of abetment of suicide. PTI AYA NSKSMN.
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